The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-29

never come to be a desirable farming
county and rise to the top most rung
of the ladder, viz: 1t must possess
first class land that will grow q crop
that will remunerate the farmer for
his outlay and something over; There
must be plenty Of cheap timber for
fuel and building;' There must be
plenty Of good water and easy Of &C.
cess; There must be good market of
easy reach where the farmer can get
cash for his produce and fair price;
There must also be. merchants who
are willing to sell their commodities
at reasonable prices; There must also
be a public spirited people who will
use every means and exhauct every re.
snnrce until there is school placed
within the reach Of every child; Sab.
bath schools and churches and all 9th.
er institutions that train the mind
or refine the morals.
No new county on earth can excel
Bottineau in this respect and know
of none that can compete with her.
She has all the natural privileges in
abundance. Schools are rising like
mushrooms all over the prairie. Two
large churches belonging to the Bap.
tist and Presbyterian bodies were
opened here this month and every
dollar of the cost paid off before
the opening exercises were con.
cluded. There is a branch of the st.
Paul and Manitoba railroad comes
through the center of the county with
two depots within our borders. A
good town which is only six months
old (since the advent OF the railroad)
is the terminus. We have elevators
in plenty, good stores where goods
can be got reasonable; two news pa.
pers and a bank; machinery mer.
chants, hotels, blacksmiths &c.; in
fact all the comforts and convenien.
ces of civilization not yet possessed by
many counties 10 years older than
ours. This is also the county seat.
I may also state that the Catholic
and Methodist bodies are fully repre-
entel by their clergy here. Like all
new countries there are many remu-
nerative openings tor tradesmen, mer.
chants or fasmers with capital. AL.
though this is possibly the greatest
wheat growing country in North
America, 30 to so bushels an acre has
been considered no uncommon yield
on we'll cultivated land since It was
settled; yet many Of the farmers are
raising stock and following the sys.
tenn adopted by the Canadian aud
eastern farmer, Of mixed farming and
they find it pays, as both cattle and
sheep will fatten on the natural prair-
ie hay which in most cases can be had
for the cutting. II is a great deal
easier to make start in Dakota now
than when / commenced. Clothes,
machinery, in fact almost everything
o farmer has to buy, is reduced from
one third to one half the price it was
then; besides we had in many cases
so or 80 miles to go to market while
here you can yet find the very best Of
government land. within q couple of
hours drive Of the town.
a As to the question how much money
does it take to start with, I reply, take.
with you as much as, you can. The
n14n that starts with $10O / have gem
elk lily found in FIVE years is as well
OF as the man that started with $1,000.
4 could point you to 80 young men Of
my acquaintance that started on al.
iest nothing who are well off to-day.
Hc esty, industry and sobriety, and
= E beral wide-awakeness is about a.
good capital ~ a man can have in this
country. have known men fail who
had money but / never knew man
ofail who had these qualities even if
heshad no money. Take nothing with
you but body and bed clothes and good
live1tock and tools. Everything else
you want you can buy here nearly as8
cheap q TO pay freight on them. Take.
your tickets for Bottineau and let no
why tongusd land shark persuade ron 10
stop over 70 look 1t . fne farm he,will cell
you for Just The interest on the money II 10
WORTH. There u no better land in Dakosa.
than y hsrs. and you can have It Tor aoth-
iag.
y ~ fact Bottinsau possesses more advan-
tAgss and fever disadvantages TO the farm
q II ! general way than any. other place
ycn will possibly ind in the Northwest.
Ton viii Ind the representatives Of many
nations hers The majority Of our people
possibly, is CAnadians who got disguised
witb ths land Laws Of Manitoba, and be-
.Leving that they wers not bound to stay oil
their lives a that country and Lot the Can
adian Pssfhc Railway Co. take al they
could earn and hAss nothing lsft to support.
their families or provide for sore leg, they
came oysr here, md what i Manitoba's loss
IL Dakots's gain. They are splendid citi-
1ens. 80 Industrious energetic, and content
q. Ws havs also number of ths cream
of French from ths province of Quebec and
the eastern statss and considerable Norws-
giaus and native Americans, 81 respectable
md lAw-abiding psopls and - Scotchmen
.(yss) thsrs ars possibly more of them 70 the
square mills here than ii any rural district
II ths United 6tatsl and the injunction hs
rscsiyed st his mothers knss srs 10 len the
home N his childhood. ~ not bssn disrs-.
gasdsd ~ member os tho family II Dotti-